spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; dots
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
rapid development; rapid unfolding
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to perceive; to understand
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
to learn by heart (rote); to memorize; to memorise
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
telephone book; telephone directory
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication